Looking for the meaning or definition of the word hunt? Here's what it means.
Verb
(transitive) To chase down prey and (usually) kill it.
(transitive) To try to find something; search (for).
(transitive) To drive; to chase; with down, from, away, etc.
(transitive) To use or manage (dogs, horses, etc.) in hunting.
(transitive) To use or traverse in pursuit of game.
(bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.
(bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.
(engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a governor which has a large movement of the balls for small change of load, an arc-lamp clutch mechanism which moves rapidly up and down with variations of current, etc.; also, to seesaw, as a pair of alternators working in parallel.